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Anonymous Sun Apr 7 22:44:27 2013 No.387261 [DELETED]

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How the fuck did LJN got so many licenses back in the day...

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 22:46:27 2013 No.387274 It was the "B" team for another publisher, used to bypass Nintendo's restrictions on how many games could be published per year.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 22:46:27 2013 No.387272 Money.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 22:50:27 2013 No.387306 >>387274 >how many games could be published per yea Hum? How do that works?

Anonymous Sun Apr 7 22:50:57 2013 No.387313

By developing a reputation of churning out a product fast and cheap for quick buck for themselves and those they were in business with.
You see, neither they or the companies they got their licenses from cared that much about quality, they knew very well that anything X-Men or Spider-Man or whatever would sell like hot cakes regardless of it being shit or not. They were simply riding the comic book mania of the late 80s-mid 90s as long as they could.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 22:55:57 2013 No.387357 >>387313 they had the licenses to those IPs before they pumped out shitty video games. LJN toys probably made your spiderman and xmen action figures bro

Anonymous Sun Apr 7 22:56:27 2013 No.387361

>>387274
Didn't said company employ them to program games despite LJN being mainly a company for producing toys. Although, I suppose that games were seen mostly as high tech children's toys at the time.

>>387313
>They were simply riding the comic book mania of the late 80s-mid 90s as long as they could.

Strangely enough, one of their notable toylines was Thundercats.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:05:57 2013 No.387470 File: 32 KB, 150x193, rare350.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] It's funny how many games published by LJN were actually developed by what would go on to be beloved developers.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:08:57 2013 No.387503 >>387470 Which ones?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:10:57 2013 No.387525 >>387503 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_developed_by_Rare Only about 20% of AVGN's resume.

Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:29:27 2013 No.387646

>>387306

To prevent shovelware Nintendo had every developer by the balls. Stuff like limits on how many games you could make, having a game being exclusive to the console for so many years, and using standardized cartridge shapes.

Of course it didn't work so well for the reason you quoted, and because it was easy to make unofficial games across all systems at the time. But I guess it did stagnate stuff that caused the '83 video game crash.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:30:27 2013 No.387658 >>387525 > A Nightmare on Elm Street I'm not sure how to feel about this. That game was the bane of my childhood.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:30:27 2013 No.387659 >>387525 Let's be real. Not everything RARE made back then was gold. They made the NES port of NARC, for example.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:33:28 2013 No.387676 >200 Fifth Ave. NY, NY 10010 Anybody know how to hijack a plane?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:33:57 2013 No.387680 Ah, yes, I've been waiting for a thread like this. Are there any good LJN games?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:34:57 2013 No.387689 >>387680 Maximum Carnage and Seperation Anxiety. That is all.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:35:27 2013 No.387695 >>387659 >NES port of NARC >bad It was as good as it could have been, that shit was fun as fuck.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:38:28 2013 No.387718 >>387357 >action figures Who the fuck plays with action figures? It's not the fucking thirties.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:38:57 2013 No.387724 >>387695 I kinda liked it, somewhat ironically, but it wasn't great or anything. Arcade version was mostly better. You know, except for that fucking final boss holy shit

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:39:27 2013 No.387741 >>387676 LJN no longer exists. You can let it go now.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:39:58 2013 No.387738 >>387718 >Thirties What the fuck kind of childhood did you have if you or someone you knew didn't play with super hero toys?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:40:27 2013 No.387742 >>387724 I never get past the clown level in the arcade >tfw you and your bro blasting junkies in a red Ferrari will never be cool again

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:41:27 2013 No.387752 My guess? They got licenses because they sold games. And they sold games because they got licenses. It was a self-perpetuating cycle that was only allowed to exist because the internet wasn't around to tell people when things were shit.

Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:41:27 2013 No.387753

>>387738
A good one. That's what fucking games were for, not fucking around with shitty toys. There's a level of interactivity and decisiveness that isn't there with simple toys that is with video games. What kind of retard would choose the former over the latter?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:41:27 2013 No.387759 >>387741 You have your jihads, I have mine.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:43:27 2013 No.387771 >>387525 >>387659 Looks like after they were acquired by Nintendo they were freaking gold. Then... oh God... it's like watching a bridge collapse.

Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:43:27 2013 No.387772

>>387742

I don't know which enemy in the game was my favorite. Either Kinky Pinky (the clown) or Rockhead Joe (the guy who was so high on PCP he took a bunch of shots to kill and threw dumpsters at you)

NARC was so fucking over the top that I question the devlopers were actually trying to make an anti-drug game. If anything, it's probably satire.

>>387753

b8

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:44:27 2013 No.387784 >>387753 >There's a level of interactivity and decisiveness that isn't there with simple toys I suppose there isn't if you don't have an imagination.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:45:27 2013 No.387796 File: 561 KB, 240x180, 1358075963696.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>387753

Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:46:29 2013 No.387814

>>387784
>making up shit instead of during raw calculations, having larger armies, tracking stats and actually being a part of the game.
Oh wow, pew pew pew.
You can have all the imagination in the world, it still sucks compared to putting it into actual practice.
And quite frankly, you're a bit outmatched and arrogant if you think your imagination is so good that it compares to the cumulative works of the world.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:48:29 2013 No.387829 >>387814 As if I give a fuck. It's playtime.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:48:57 2013 No.387832 >>387689 Wasn't Maximum Carnage really fucking hard?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:48:57 2013 No.387836 File: 168 KB, 375x375, 1355300415833.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>387814 >looking at pixels on a screen >not wanting the action right there in you're living room Hah wow what a pussy

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:48:57 2013 No.387841 >>387832 Some of the levels got there, but it's not unbeatable or anything. Not that I'd know.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:51:27 2013 No.387860 File: 4 KB, 160x160, Cage1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>387753 You seem like one of those people who couldn't last 30 minutes without electronics.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:53:57 2013 No.387887 >>387860 You seem like one of those retards who think just picking up a shitty novel makes you smarter, better or more imaginative than other people. Enjoy your twilight.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:57:57 2013 No.387919 >>387887 Are you being serious? I really hope you're not.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 23:58:27 2013 No.387925 File: 1004 KB, 320x240, 1363638016409.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>387887 gr8b8m8

Anonymous Mon Apr 8 00:01:27 2013 No.387962
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>>387887
Haha fuck off toys were just as awesome as video games when you were a kid. I was grateful for what I got and I enjoyed it, just because you're an underage spoiled little shit raised on xbox whos parents buy him retro games because its hipster doesn't make toys lame.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 00:03:57 2013 No.387991 >>387887 >books r dum Yay for American public schools

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 00:07:57 2013 No.388030 >>387991 >lacks reading comprehension >bitches about public schools Good job there retard.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 00:10:27 2013 No.388054 >>387991 That isn't what he said at all.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 00:11:57 2013 No.388062 >>387887 You seem like a neckbeard who thinks the storyline for OoT was one of the great literary works of the 20th century.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 00:13:57 2013 No.388075 >>387887 >>>/v/

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 00:28:57 2013 No.388229 >>388075 >>>/v/

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 02:51:28 2013 No.389554 Atlus actually developed The Karate Kid.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 02:52:57 2013 No.389570 >>387659 Rare was complete shit in the NES era. They were only ever good when they were owned by Nintendo. >muh battletoads

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 02:56:27 2013 No.389596 >>389570 but muh battletoads

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 03:03:57 2013 No.389646 File: 126 KB, 640x483, nicebox.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>387887 I'm guessing you were born after the golden age of board games? Seriously dude, try and have some variety

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 03:05:57 2013 No.389658 >>389570 Battletoads was a good game, it was just hard. It featured a lot of variety and interesting things like the rotating tower. Don't blame the company because you couldn't beat it. Nobody could.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 03:07:28 2013 No.389663 >/vr/ keeps replying to bait why did we inherit /g/'s autism and inability to ignore master rusemen?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 03:18:57 2013 No.389738 >>388062 >not being able to understand the unspoken subtleties of a superbly-crafted story Your loss, not mine. OoT actually told a timeless tale that will live on through the ages, and you're just too bone-headed to pick up on the symbolism.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 03:19:57 2013 No.389748 >>389663 I don't know. It's frightening.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 8 06:28:12 2013 No.390710 >>389738 -11/10

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